Chapter 257: Disgraceful
Xie Fengyue's plan is not to say extremely difficult. The difficulty is just to calculate people's hearts.
She had already punished Li Xiaobao in front of everyone when she was at the Princess's Mansion. It was clear that she blamed a few people for their poor performance and disgusted them.
After she came back, she asked Butler Xie to help Zhe Zhi and others leave Shengjing with a compassionate heart. She also sent a letter to Gongzi Yan at night, asking him to buy them and send them to Yongning.
What is at play here is Guanjia Xie's heart, and also Gongzi Yan's heart.
The former is not difficult, and the latter is not difficult at least now.
Gongzi Yan also lived up to her expectations. Not only did he agree to the matter, but he also gave her all the hidden information in the palace.
Only then could she use this to threaten Liu Ying into submission and steal Prince Zhou's seal for her. Not only could she use this to imitate the correspondence between the two of them, it would also make Yu Guibi suspect that Wei Ning had deceived her son, who was pure, kind and talented.
She also needs to use this seal to arrive in Yongning safely. After all, the Yu family's territory to the west of Yongning is. If she wants to develop in Yongning for a long time, she can only rely on Prince Zhou's influence. Who makes him the Yu family's confidence? .
As for the mother.
Xie Fengyue sneered and interrupted her thinking.
Now she is looking for an excuse to go to Yongning in an honest and fair way.
The princess went to the fief either because she was disliked by the royal family and was demoted, or after her wedding, she took her husband back to the fief to receive gifts and stay for a while.
If she doesn't consider the former, then it can only be the latter.
She wants to find a husband within this month who is easy to handle, has an ordinary family background, and even preferably a husband who can die during the long journey.
One month was enough time for her to leave a big surprise for Xie Wuwei and Wei Ning.
It's night, everything is quiet.
The sound of pigeons cooing came from outside the window.
Xie Fengyue walked barefoot to the window and took off the secret message from Xiaobai's leg.
"People have been settled, don't miss them."
After getting the exact reply from Gongzi Yan, Xie Fengyue breathed a sigh of relief.
She wants to abandon all uncertain factors. If what she has done is exposed, no one around her will survive.
She hopes that the branches, stamens, Li Xiaobao, Ye Wan and even the cold spring will be safe.
On July 24, under the rule of Qian'an, several states sent letters asking for help.
Food is the most important thing for the people, but the sky has not dropped a drop of rain for three months in a row, resulting in severe drought in various feudal states and no harvests. Among the feudal states, Qi was the most severely affected.
The emperor's sister, the eldest princess Zhaohua, now appears as the queen of Qi, and she sends memorials one after another to Shengjing.
Emperor Zhou didn't have much affection for this sister who had been married a long time ago. After reading three sincere letters asking for help, he waved his hand and said: "Troublesome things like this can't be solved in a day or two. The current situation is The most important thing is the prince’s choice of concubine. Once this matter is finished, it will be decided by the third prince.”
Although the three of them had many disagreements, they still tacitly agreed to keep their mouths shut on this matter.
After all, places such as Chen County and Langya County are suffering from droughts of varying degrees, and they have many places to use money and people.
Now that there are disasters all over the country, the taxes and tributes of various countries will definitely be reduced by several percent compared to before. When the national treasury is empty, it will have to be filled by aristocratic families. After thinking about it, the three of them did not say anything about this matter. After Emperor Zhou took a sip of the iced drink, he slowly spoke: "The three beauties are the mainstay of my Qian'an. Naturally, they should understand that the prince's choice of concubine is related to the future of Qian'an. This is the most important thing. The disaster Just let it go for a while, it’s just a drought anyway, and it will rain naturally in autumn.”
The three of them have been in power for decades, how could they not hear the underlying meaning of Emperor Zhou's words?
It is nothing more than asking the three of them to investigate the family backgrounds of the girls on the draft list, and then smoothly handle the draft in line with the dignity that the royal family should have.
This means using people and money, and you want to take advantage of every good thing.
Prime Minister Wang sat upright on the sandalwood chair and replied without raising his eyelids: "I have no control over the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue."
Ever since the weather got hotter, Emperor Zhou rarely went to court, and he was even more aloof from government affairs, but in his impression, these things were all handled by Prime Minister Wang.
"So now?"
Taifu Xie bravely replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites are now under the supervision of minor officials."
Xie Wuwei was filled with anger. At the beginning of the spring, he figured out the faults of these two ministers, and made a big move to put them out and put them in the Xie family. He thought he got a big deal, but he didn't expect that the Ministry of Revenue Even if the Ministry of Rites burns money, most of it is still spent on food and clothing for the royal family.
Thinking about it now, the trap must have been dug for him by the old man from the Wang family. Even if he knew it now, he would have to give it up. The official positions of these two departments had been clearly arranged by him, and the Xie clan members would be able to take over those positions. , the hard work is left to those who are attached to the Xie family.
Even Weining now holds the position of Minister of Rites.
Thinking of this, Xie Wuwei's breath became uncomfortably tight and stuck in his throat.
Emperor Zhou didn't know what these people were thinking. He only knew that Prince Zhou needed to make a big deal out of selecting his concubine. After selecting the concubine, he would also need to renovate the East Palace. This was all a waste of money, and naturally it was impossible to get it from his concubine. From the private treasury.
He cleared his throat: "Then I'll leave this matter to Xie Aiqing. You always handle things steadily and properly. I feel at ease leaving it to you."
After finishing speaking, he didn't even give Xie Wuwei a chance to refuse, and continued: "I've had a headache recently, so I won't stay here any longer. The three dear friends can discuss it themselves."
Emperor Zhou patted his butt and left the mess behind, leaving the three of them staring at each other.
Now that there is someone to implement the matter, Prime Minister Wang will naturally not stay in the imperial study for a long time. He was about to stand up and leave when Taifu Xie said vaguely: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I will take a moment to speak."
After hearing this, Lin Hongqing immediately found an excuse to deal with official business and left.
As soon as they left, Taifu Xie's expression dropped.
"What do you think about your Saburo's marriage?"
Wang Cheng didn't change his sitting posture, and replied calmly: "You see with your eyes."
Taifu Xie was offended by his words and his face turned grim: "I'll make it clear today that your Sanlang is indeed a rare talent. If he was born in another family and Yue'er fell in love with him, I would be happy. But! He is the son of your Wang family, so this marriage is impossible!"
His voice got louder and louder, as if he was making a statement.
Prime Minister Wang did not accept such harsh words. His expression remained calm: "Oh, then tell him, why are you here to find me?"
"You, you, you, you old man! You're really bullying me!" Mr. Xie was already angry, and he choked twice more. He didn't even want to lose his dignity, so he pointed at him with a fluorene board and started scolding him. .
Prime Minister Wang glanced at him lightly and replied: "Master Xie, this is in the Imperial Study Room. You are also an important minister in the court after all. How can you speak in such an insulting manner?"
Taifu Xie was so angry that he even used the fluorene board as a fan and fanned the wind, finally calming down his anger.